Palace women win — good Italian side thrashed (6-2-7)

'palace women' is the definition.
The definition and answer can be both people as well as being plural nouns.
Perhaps they are linked in a way I don't understand?

'win good italian side thrashed' is the wordplay.
I cannot really see how this works, but
an anagram of 'win' is 'inw' which is located in the answer.
'good' could be 'g' (abbreviation) and 'g' is located in the answer.
'italian' could be 'it' (abbreviation for Italian) and 'it' is present in the answer.
an anagram of 'side' is 'dies' which is within the answer.
This explanation may well be incorrect...

Can you help me to learn more?